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I asked Adam Graham to buy me One Mind’s Eye by Kathy Tyers for my last birthday for a couple reasons. One was, at the time, it was priced higher than I was comfortable spending on an ebook for an ordinary occasion. The second was the title reminded me of an old title of one of my books and the plot line included the use of artificial reality, as she calls it. So for once I was curious about her tech gadgets rather than simply suckered by a cute, abused orphan. Okay, so there is also an orphaned teenage girl dealing with a controlling momRead More →

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For quite sometime, I’ve had serious blogger’s block that is negatively impacting other areas and I’ve finally figured out why. God had called me to break my personal rules of being professional. Note I’ve been defining being professional defined as presenting one’s self as an expert who is perfect, has it all together, with no problems, weaknesses, or struggles. That is, to risk being vulnerable in public, making people uncomfortable, and destroying my reputation by losing people’s respect. In other words, my rules of professionalism look a lot like the rules of an abusive family on keeping silence on the abuse and presenting yourself andRead More →

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I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,  but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children,were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.  But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,  to redeem those who were under the law,  so that we might receive adoption as sons.  And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer aRead More →

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Lord have mercy upon all who read this. Draw us closer to you today. Purify our hearts. Fill us with peace, joy, patience, faith, and courage. Empower us to walk in your wisdom, your love, and for more of your righteousness to manifest in our lives today according to the working of your grace. In the hour of temptation, show us the source of the influence that is not in accordance with who you intend for us to be. Remind us of the truth and prompt us to resist the evil influence, to take captive and refute any lying thought, and honestly lift up toRead More →

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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:76-79 John the Baptist’s father Zechariah is prophesying over his newborn son about the Baptist’s ministry. That the Baptist was the forerunner of the messiah whoRead More →